DLA News Archive

Category: Disposition Services

A Defense Logistics Agency employee reflects on the events of Sept. 11, 2001, at one of the historic displays.

Sept. 11, 2018

Battle Creek, Michigan — Defense Logistics Agency employees and other members of the workforce in the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center gathered for a 9-11 Remembrance Ceremony and shared their memories of that fateful day in 2001.

A Coast Guard forward inspection team screens the items before they are approved for shipment.

Sept. 10, 2018

Coast Guard finds a bargain at Okinawa site

Okinawa, Japan — A visit to the DLA Disposition Services website pays dividends to Coast Guard aircrews in North Carolina who saved almost a million dollars by not having to buy new equipment.

Scrap contractor employees begin the mutilation required to demilitarize a 56-foot naval work boat.

Aug. 17, 2018

Navy work boats meet swift end in Yokosuka

Yokosuka, Japan — While they may not have been swift in the water, three Navy work boats met a quick end with the help of Defense Logistics Agency employees in Japan.

DLA Disposition Services comes through for soldiers in rural Poland, helping them outfit austere field exercise conditions with excess furniture and gym equipment.

Aug. 8, 2018

New video showcases field support

Poland — The agency highlights its expeditionary support efforts in a new "Everywhere You Go" video clip set in rural Poland.

Just over 6 million pounds of scrap waits for removal from the U.S. Army Garrison at Kwajalein Atoll.

Aug. 1, 2018

Teamwork moves a mountain in the Pacific

USAG Kwajalein Atoll — After more than two years of talks and planning, Defense Logistics Agency personnel watched as two barges successfully transported more than 6 million pounds of scrap material from the U.S. Army Garrison at Kwajalein Atoll.

Local warfighters and Defense Logistics Agency personnel gather together at the new collection point on Camp Humphreys to celebrate its grand opening.

July 6, 2018

Agency cuts the ribbon at new Humphreys site

USAG Humphreys, South Korea — Defense Logistics Agency employees at Gimcheon, South Korea, recently celebrated the official Grand Opening/Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for their new collection point at Camp Humphreys.

June 27, 2018

109th AW donates computers to Anderson Center for Autism

STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 109th Airlift Wing website — The Anderson Center for Autism in Staatsburg, New York, has about 100 new computers thanks to the 109th Airlift Wing and the Department of Defense’s computers for learning (CFL) program.

Navy Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Jeff Leet uses a plasma cutter during Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Overseas Contingency Operations Readiness Training June 19 at Fort Custer, Michigan. Photo by Air Force Master Sgt. J. Scott Mathews.

June 26, 2018

Disposition Services’ Reservists and Civilians participate in OCORT

FORT CUSTER, Mich. — More than 60 Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services military reservists and civilians from all over the world gathered June 8-23 to participate in the annual Overseas Contingency Operations Readiness Training (OCORT) at two locations in Michigan.

After learning about resources, veterans receive surplus military items provided to Veterans Affairs from DLA Disposition Services.

June 20, 2018

Agency supports Veterans Affairs outreach to Grand Rapids veterans

Wyoming, Michigan — Defense Logistics Agency employees leant their support to veterans in need through a Veteran Affairs Stand Down in Wyoming, Michigan, on June 15.

Navy Logistics Specialist 1st Class David Freeman, a member of Disposal Support Unit 2 out of Anniston, Alabama, prepares to drop a load of electronics into an industrial shredder at Camp Grayling, Michigan, during OCORT ’18.

June 19, 2018

It's getting real: annual exercise adds complexity

CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. — The annual expeditionary training for disposition personnel known as OCORT has added a new location and new real-life customers in a bid to create greater levels of realism.